New Tree of Life form in all its video glory
by Allison Robert 
Oct 15th 2010 at 12:30PM
The new Tree of Life form went live on last night's beta build, and I've shot a short video to show you what it looks like in action. As mentioned previously, the Tree currently shares the male orc skeleton and animations, so you won't see anything too unfamiliar here, but the new form is just beautiful. If anything, it's kind of depressing that it's now a cooldown.
The new forms are colored by race, and here's the breakdown:
- Night elves get the purple form.
- Tauren get the brown and green form.
- Worgen get the dark brown form.
- Trolls get the light brown form.
Filed under: Druid, News items, Cataclysm
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Zheo Oct 15th 2010 12:32PM
Still think it looks weird having a female tauren morph into Treebeard.
Paultab Oct 15th 2010 12:40PM
I just realized. Wow! that is one huge tree! Nearly twice the height of your moo-cow!
Jesse Felt Oct 15th 2010 12:57PM
Yeah, I too wish they had male and female versions of these temporary shape shifts... I'm tired of seeing "You have lost the title Matron""you have gained the title Patron" every time my DBW procs..
And yes, that thing is friggin HUGE!!
Lowangel Oct 15th 2010 1:20PM
I like to see choices of form appearances at barbershop, a pine tree form, or a gray dead looking tree with no leaves, I like the old form, he's the best all the forms, I love the tree dance.
Boz Oct 15th 2010 1:29PM
I haven't seen this in a WoW Insider post, though I posted in in a prior Druid entry, and still believe it is relevant for those that missed it; from Ghostcrawler:
"Messing with player models is always risky and we know the current Tree of Life model is one of those things that is either loved or hated. That is why, as promised, we are offering a minor glyph if you just prefer the older, treant-based, version of ToL."
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27187854055&pageNo=1&sid=1#13
Webwolf Oct 15th 2010 1:47PM
Actually, I'm a bit more concerned that the tree form appears to now be rigged upon the male orc skeleton.
jfofla Oct 15th 2010 2:53PM
Don't you remember?
The Entwives were lost.
Luci Oct 15th 2010 3:02PM
Thanks Boz! I had not seen that anywhere.
Kylenne Oct 15th 2010 3:04PM
Don't be so hasty.
Turkas Oct 15th 2010 12:35PM
I approve this foliage.
Mahram Oct 15th 2010 12:34PM
STOP. Healer time!
Byron Oct 16th 2010 11:07PM
Treefro ftw!
G01851 Oct 15th 2010 12:34PM
Looks like an Orc in a Tree Suit... I think they need to tweak it into something inbetween the old tree and this one... with different shapes according to gender.
Noyou Oct 15th 2010 2:27PM
I call this the tree of LOL. I can't look at it and not think of chia o'bama.
iamtheblackmage Oct 15th 2010 12:35PM
If it shares the male orc skeleton, can they Hammer Dance? :o
Saeadame Oct 15th 2010 1:25PM
That would be cool. But so would this tree version doing the twist =P. Can you see that gigantic head getting thrown back? haha.
Matthew Oct 15th 2010 2:15PM
Funny, since an orc killed Cenarius!
Yeng Oct 15th 2010 3:27PM
yes they do the hammer dance...which is kind of sad since the old tree dance rocked.
Lissanna Oct 15th 2010 4:31PM
In beta, when I type /dance, it does nothing. My bet is that they're borrowing some of the orc animations just for temporary purposes.
donald-tR0ll3 Oct 15th 2010 5:30PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANVJ0quF2w
They can no longer dance as of build 13189